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Stroud-
Earl Bruce Miller was born in El Reno, OK in September of
1941. Bruce was raised in Copan, OK and attended Coffeyville Jr. College
where he obtained an Associate of Business Education then Graduated from
Northeastern State University with a Degree in Bachelor of Science. He
worked as a partner for Bland & Call in Cushing, OK as a CPA before opening
his own accounting practice in Stroud. Bruce received many awards through
the years including Outstanding Young Men of America and serving in many
roles for the Jaycees & Lions Club throughout the years.
Bruce's true passion was his Race Horses. In the 1970s, Bruce started his lifelong love of breeding and running Appaloosas. A few of his earliest champions were I'm a Jet Bar Who won the Leading earner award for Oklahoma Appaloosa Racing Stock & Zoomin from the Bar - OAR 2005 Champion Filly. He found great success with AINT MISS BEHAVIN SI 100. As a two-year old, she won the Americana Appaloosa Futurity G1 then at three she was awarded the 3-Year-Old Champion Filly, winning the Cricket Bars Futurity, the Appaloosa Prep Futurity the Texas Appaloosa Derby G1. If that wasn’t enough, she set an Appaloosa track record at Remington Park with over 400 yards covering the distance in 19.94s. This same year AINT MISS BEHAVIN became a champion, her full sister, two-year-old Rotten Reba, was awarded the Two-Year-Old Filly OK/TX Regional Championship. Bruce hit the lottery by breeding the good race mare Dashing Susie. Running AAA time, and a two-time race winner, she really shined as a broodmare. Dashing Susie produced for Bruce LOTA BLACK BEAUTY, the 2018 Three-Year-Old Champion Filly and the 2018 Champion Claiming horse. That same year, Bruce won the Cricket Bars Futurity G2 with her full brother, Lota White Sox who ran 400 yds in 20.032s earning an SI 86 for winning trainer Matthew McCart and winning jockey Paul Nieto. Throughout his long racing career, Bruce was a proud member of the Oklahoma Racing Association, serving as treasurer for three decades.
Bruce is survived by his 3 children, two sons Bruce Alan Miller & Curtis Miller of Stroud and his Daughter & Son In law Pam Xitco & Jim Xitco of San Diego, CA; his 3 Grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren Bruce Shane Miller & his Wife Sheila Miller along with their children Bruce "Bruco", Shyane, Macen & Meadow of Meeker OK, Alan Dakota Miller and his daughter McKinley of Chandler & Curtis Jr. of Cushing OK; one Brother; Dick Miller of Redwood City, CA; Ex Wife Nancy Miller and her Partner Merle Pate from Ozark, AR; and many more family & friends including his friends from the Lions Club & The Oklahoma Racing Community.
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